Do You Believe?

May 17, 2009

Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner may have gone 0-for-4 Saturday, but after the game he learned that the 9-year-old girl who gave him a good-luck charm Friday had picked him up. The little girl - family members did not want her name divulged - had been in need of a transplant and spent 107 days waiting for a heart. Saturday, a replacement heart was found and she had successful surgery at New York Presbyterian Children's Hospital, where Gardner had paid her and others a visit Friday to read baseball-themed books for the group Project Sunshine. Gardner said that what transpired was merely happenstance. But consider this: She gave him a yellow Project Sunshine bracelet Friday and said he would hit a homer if he wore it. And he did - an inside-the-parker.